Nationalist Republican Alliance

The Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) is a conservative political party in El Salvador, founded in 1981 by Roberto D'Aubuisson. The party was founded by former members of the National Coalition Party of El Salvador, and it rose in response to the FMLN insurgency during the Salvadoran Civil War. ARENA held the presidency from 1989 to 2009, emphasizing individual rights, the family as the nucleus of society, and respect for private property. In 2017, the party held 35/84 Legislative Assembly seats, 130/262 mayoral seats, and 8/20 Central American Parliament seats.